As I was doing research for another post, I came across “The American’s Creed”.  Now that we have a new President, I thought it would be good to revisit it.  My hope is that we come together now as one nation, together solving the many issues that stand before us individually and as a country. HAIL TO OUR NEW CHIEF!  Mr. President, Barack Obama!

THE AMERICAN’S CREED

“The American’s Creed” is a U.S. patriotic document written in 1917 by William Tyler Page, clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.  The document was adjudged to be the best brief summary of the political faith of the United States of America from among the several thousand entries submitted in a national citizens’ creed contest.  On April 3, 1918, the U.S. Commissioner of Education read “The American’s Creed”in public for the first time before a session of the House of Representatives, where it was formally accepted in the name of the U.S. Government.  The creed reads as follows:

“I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the People, for the People; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes”.

“I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies”.

(Source:  Encyclopedia Britannica)

 

 

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